His Ex Wife is A Billionaire (Evadne and Thaddeus)

Chapter 140

“Jason, what’s up with you?” Evadne looked puzzled and surprised.

She always thought highly of Jason, but there he was looking all beat up and lost, eyes bloodshot, lips pale as a sheet, like a puppy left homeless in a downpour.

“Jason, are you here because of Elspeth?”

Ca**ius came up to Evadne, his steps steady, his eyes soft, as he wiped his handsome hands with a pristine white silk cloth.

Evadne glanced at him and saw specks of blood on the cloth.

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry!” Jason kept apologizing, bowing deeply to them.

Just as Evadne was puzzled, Arnold gave her a buzz.

“Arnold?”

“Sis, Elspeth just left my place.”

Arnold’s voice was heavy with resignation, seemingly self–blaming as he said, “My team and I have been gathering evidence on Elspeth’s abuse of power and bribery, but she’s way ahead of us, shifting all blame to Earl. Frederic got her a really slick lawyer, Cedric Dempsey. That guy is ruthless; he knows exactly how to exploit legal loopholes. My evidence fell short, so I had to let Elspeth go.”

“It’s alright, Arnold, you’ve done your best. And we hit our target, as long as we’ve got the Westguard project under our belt. Everything else, we can take it slow.”

Evadne was calm, but those around her were all fuming as they were itching to give Elspeth a good thrashing.

Elspeth was no saint, but Evadne knew that they could take their time dealing with that woman.

J

At that point, Frederic was still head over heels for Elspeth, he would surely go all out to help her. Escalating the conflict between two big conglomerates for a single project, wasting resources, just wasn’t worth it at that time.

“Uh, Evadne, Jason already rang me up, he seemed quite upset. Comfort him a bit, this has nothing to do with him. He cares too much about your feelings, afraid that you’re upset, so he’s under a lot of stress,” Arnold sighed.

“I got it.”

picture of what had happened, her

as he was ashamed and couldn’t accept

was so mad that he stormed into Cedric’s law firm and had a big blowout with him

office! The moment he retired, those people were circling us like hawks, wanted to get back at us, frame us! If it wasn’t for Chairman Emeric’s help, hiring our dad as a legal advisor for the conglomerate, protecting us, how could our parents have had a peaceful retirement? How could your law firm have thrived like this? Now Ms. Evadne is going after Elspeth, how can you defend the Abernathy group, make excuses for Elspeth? Isn’t this

twenty years, but this time, for Evadne,

to me, everyone is a client. If it’s a case I can handle, and the terms are right, I’ll take it, whether it’s the Abernathy group or the Ashbourne group, it simply doesn’t matter to me!

words stung Jason

had given Evadne his whole heart, but his family was pulling him

couldn’t face Ms.

what are you talking

shoulders, gently shaking him, “Don’t blame yourself, and don’t pick a fight with your family over this. Elspeth is an insignificant baddie; how could she possibly affect our families‘ relationship? Affect your

Jason’s voice

understand this, and I absolutely have no

enough deal, then Mr. Cedric has the right to stick to his professional ethics and take on the Abernathy group’s case. If the Ashbourne group needs legal help down the line, I believe Mr. Cedric

his head,

took Evadne’s hand, gently stroking her palm and asking, “Evadne,

George’s illegitimate daughter. But first,

slightly, “George said that only Acacia’s mother Una knows where the child is, so let’s have Una help us find our way. That way, we won’t have to

asked, “And what about

drive her mad before

she also inquired, “Isn’t she about to get engaged to Thaddeus? How can

his marbles,” Ca**ius

he’s been blind as a bat for a while now. No matter, I’ve found myself again, and

guy, do you recognize him? I was nearly stabbed by George

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exclaimed in surprise. “Really? Then you should

mystery. The kicker is, he

she recalled the

woman, she had a man’s desire for control and didn’t like anything or anyone slipping from

closer to her, examining

he turned to

you really don’t